Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary leader and politician who served as the head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1922 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. He played a key role in the establishment of the USSR and the spread of communism.
Think of Vladimir Lenin as a chef who takes an existing recipe (Marxism) and adds his own twist to it (Leninism), creating a new dish that changes the culinary world (the political landscape).
Bolsheviks: A faction, led by Lenin, within the Russian Social Democratic Party that eventually became the Communist Party after seizing power in Russia during October Revolution in 1917.
Russian Revolution: The revolution in Russia in 1917 that overthrew Tsar Nicholas II's regime and led to the rise of communism under Lenin's leadership.
Soviet Union: A federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia established by Lenin following the Russian Revolution, which existed from 1922 to 1991.
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